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"Bank manager Belinda Braithwaite (Hannah Gordon) wants to retire, but her house husband David (Peter Egan), likes things the way they are, and doesn't want to go back to work. " IMDB Also starring John Bird, Lill Roughley, Ruth Mitchell, Richard Aylen.
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00:37Hello Belinda Braithwaite.
00:38The telephone bill's just arrived.
00:41I'm in a meeting.
00:43How the hell can anyone spend £147 on telephone calls in a single quarter?
00:48By using it when there is no necessity.
00:50We can't afford to pay it.
00:52Well, put it down then and stop wasting any more money.
00:57Where were we?
00:58You were telling me how to live within my means.
01:01So I was.
01:02Look, I don't get any grant. Dad earns too much.
01:06Yes, but he does give you the equivalent amount.
01:08Oh, yeah.
01:09Yeah.
01:10How much more do you want to overdraw and for how long?
01:13A thousand.
01:14Just till the end of this term.
01:15I'm going to work in the long vac.
01:18All right.
01:20But you've got to pull yourself together by then.
01:22And no more kiting checks round between your mates this term either.
01:26They've got to come down to earth sometime.
01:28All right.
01:29Oh, you're not leaving the bank, are you?
01:30Mum said you might be.
01:32I might be.
01:32Why?
01:33I just don't know how I'd manage if you did, Aunt Belinda.
01:37Stop it.
01:43That boy winked at me.
01:45Well, you know, those trousers are a little tight, you know, Ned.
01:49I nearly winked at you myself this morning in the car park.
01:51What?
01:52Joke.
01:53This is a bank.
01:54There's no place for jokes.
01:56Ha!
01:56Sorry.
01:57Couldn't resist the tight trousers.
01:59They're the latest fashion, Estelle says.
02:01Yeah, it's last year's legs that ruined the effect.
02:04Look, these people are overdrawn every month without permission.
02:07If we let this go through, they'll be overdrawn that much more.
02:09Well, ask them to come in, will you?
02:11See if they can manage any better with a budget account.
02:13Mm-hmm.
02:14No threats.
02:16No little hangman doodled absentmindedly at the bottom corner of the letter.
02:21I don't do that anymore.
02:23No, he just skulls instead.
02:25Ned.
02:26Just a little psychology, that's all.
02:28Just a little subliminal warning.
02:30Stops people getting complacent.
02:31If you don't stop it at once, you may find a skull and crossbones on the bottom of your salary
02:35advice.
02:36It's people like you, Mrs Braithwaite, who take all the pleasure out of banking.
02:42Well, you'll need legal help, but the major problem is managing day to day, yes?
02:46Yes.
02:47Right.
02:47Well, I can get you some debt counselling.
02:50Sorry, I'm not with you.
02:51Well, someone who'll help you sort out your affairs.
02:55Well, that is what you want, isn't it, Mrs Parrish?
02:57What I actually want is for someone to give me a lot of money.
03:01Well, that will only delay the inevitable.
03:03Now you're on your own, you've got to learn to manage your money yourself.
03:05First of all, though, you've got to have some money to manage.
03:09Well, money doesn't bring happiness.
03:11I'd like the opportunity to find out.
03:13Yes, well, I can get you a Friday appointment. Will that do?
03:16In the absence of a thousand pounds, it'll have to.
03:192.30, all right?
03:21Yes.
03:22No sign of your husband coming back, I suppose.
03:24Ah, that's the one bright spot in the encircling gloom.
03:28Right.
03:30See you next week, then.
03:33Bye.
03:33Bye.
03:37Hello, dear boy.
03:39Charles.
03:41How much was your telephone bill this quarter?
03:43Oh, my good lady looks off the telephone bills.
03:46Why? Having trouble?
03:47I spend half my waking hours telling people they shouldn't get into debt.
03:50Take a look at that.
03:52Thirty quid?
03:53What's the matter with that? It's very sparse.
03:57That's the VAT.
03:59Well, we claim that back business expense.
04:02That's cheating, isn't it?
04:03You don't use your home phone for business purposes.
04:06You know that.
04:07I know that.
04:09That man and Robin don't.
04:11I have a good mind to shop you.
04:13Well, could I buy you off with a pint of old peculiar?
04:16I'll see you after Meals on Wheels.
04:18You're not still doing that, are you?
04:20I thought you'd been warned off after that goulash fiasco.
04:24Louise and I got a final warning.
04:27See you, Charles.
04:28Sure.
04:33Economise. Cut down.
04:35Hi, gang.
04:36Hello, Belinda.
04:38Where's the gin?
04:39In the bottle.
04:40Hello?
04:41Er, no.
04:43Why not? You've never said no before.
04:44You can't afford it.
04:49David didn't tell me about the phone bill.
04:51Or anything, really.
04:53It's just with you leaving the bank and everything.
04:56I just don't think you should be giving me your gin away.
04:59Bye.
05:08I suppose a slice of lemon would be gilding the lily.
05:11Dammit, can't you even take poverty seriously?
05:14Listen, we'll be all right.
05:16You leave the bank in three and a half weeks.
05:18I haven't found a job yet.
05:20How are we going to be all right?
05:21I'll go on the streets for a bit if that'll help.
05:24You may have to.
05:26We may both have to.
05:29Look, in my experience,
05:31people get into debt when they have got a lot of money
05:34because they know that they'll always be able to pay it off.
05:36When they haven't got very much money,
05:37they are much more careful.
05:39They don't get into debt.
05:41But if they are in debt already
05:43and their source of income vanishes,
05:45what happens then?
05:46You are such a pessimist.
05:48So what? If I was an optimist, I'd still be broke.
05:51We will have dinner.
05:52Then we'll sit down and we'll work out just how much a week we'll have.
05:56The worst possible case.
05:58And then we'll shoot ourselves.
06:00Thus solving all our problems in one foul swoop.
06:03When you've seen it written down,
06:04you'll realise that it's not nearly as bad as you think it is.
06:07You're right.
06:09It's twice as bad.
06:11We will be in debt to the tune of £103 per week.
06:15We shall be in Carey Street come Michaelmas.
06:19One of the biggest mistakes of my life was buying you the collected works of Charles Dickens.
06:23You've been going around like little Nell ever since.
06:26Little Dorrit actually.
06:29Right.
06:30We just have to change our lifestyle.
06:33That's all. Cut down.
06:35Let me see.
06:36We don't need that for a start.
06:38You've crossed the gin out.
06:40Alcohol is a depressant.
06:41It's very well known.
06:42Hmm.
06:45If we cut our expenditure to the bone, we can manage.
06:48I'll bet you we can't.
06:49Well, look, let's try it.
06:51We know how much money we'll have.
06:53Let's see if we can live within it for a week.
06:56You're serious?
06:57And then we can stop worrying.
06:59And start starving.
07:01Good thinking, Belle.
07:16Would it be rude to ask what the hell you think you're doing?
07:19We're starting this economy drive from scratch, right?
07:22Define scratch.
07:23There's enough stuff in these cupboards to last for a month.
07:26Ah.
07:28It was your idea.
07:30You want to back out?
07:31Say so.
07:31No, no, it's all right.
07:33Just so long as we don't have to throw away our clothes and furniture as well.
07:38I'm gonna put all this stuff in Louise's garage till the end of the week.
07:40She'll store our cold stuff in her deep freeze.
07:43But I would just like to add one rider to this little experiment.
07:47Yes, what's that?
07:48If we genuinely can't manage on what we find we have to live on,
07:51you will rethink this leaving the bank business
07:53until we have found an alternative source of income we can rely on.
07:58That's a bit of a low blow, isn't it?
08:00Well, this is a fundamental change of lifestyle.
08:02It has to be treated with a modicum of seriousness.
08:04How much is a modicum?
08:06The egg's getting cold.
08:07Oh.
08:08Top half's yours.
08:08What?
08:10It's all right.
08:11We can afford an egg each.
08:12Oh, good.
08:13Twice a week.
08:15You'd better hurry up.
08:16The bus leaves at quarter past.
08:19Well, we certainly can't afford to run a car.
08:22Uh huh.
08:22How come?
08:35Oh wait.
08:40Oh wait.
08:46Oh.
08:55Thanks, Ned. Good morning, Mrs Braithwaite.
09:09Baby! Has she gone?
09:11You're frightened the life out of me. I thought it was Belinda coming back.
09:14What are you doing? Worrying a bacon salmon.
09:17But that's cheating.
09:19I know it's cheating, but it's cheating in a good cause.
09:22I've got to keep my strength up.
09:24Do you want a bit? Oh, yeah.
09:28Deviousness is a way of life for David.
09:30There ought to be a warning tattooed on every man.
09:33Pleasing this may be dangerous to your life.
09:37Where would you put it, though?
09:39Somewhere obvious.
09:43What? What are you smirking at?
09:46Ned, if you had a tattoo, where would it be?
09:49On a style.
09:50Thank you very much, Jessica.
09:52As a matter of fact, I have got to have a word with you, Belinda.
09:58Yes?
09:58Old Mr Ellis is leaving and it's up to you to start the collection off.
10:04Right, just leave it there. Thank you.
10:06No, no, no. It's my responsibility.
10:08And we can't put ours in until you've started his off.
10:10Yes, fine.
10:12So, how much?
10:14How much did I put in last time? I can't remember.
10:17£20.
10:19I haven't got my cheque book with me.
10:21It's got to be cash, anyway.
10:22Why?
10:23Because you can't write your own guarantee number on the back.
10:27Neither can I, because I'm not the payee.
10:29The payee is old Mr Ellis.
10:30He can't write it on the back because he's not here.
10:32I thought you knew the rules.
10:34Are you suggesting, Race, that my cheque might bounce?
10:38It might?
10:39Your husband might have emptied the joint account and run off with another woman.
10:43And who could blame him?
10:48I can't afford to buy you one, Charles.
10:51Belinda and I are doing an economy week.
10:5320 quid each.
10:54I don't mind.
10:54Two more pints of Old Peculiar, please, dear boy.
10:57And a tenner out of the till for my impoverished friend.
11:01It isn't funny, Charles.
11:03How am I going to manage?
11:05Cheat.
11:06She will, so you might as well, too.
11:07She won't cheat.
11:09She hasn't got an unfair bone in her body.
11:12Well, I just have to cheat, that's all.
11:15Play him at his own game and cheat.
11:17All my money's gone, thanks to you and your big mouth.
11:20Oh, God.
11:21What?
11:21I've got a hair appointment after work.
11:24You'll pay with your credit card?
11:25I can't.
11:26We've locked them up.
11:26Louisa's got the key.
11:28Pay with your body.
11:30It's Cedric.
11:34Have a sandwich.
11:35You eat too much anyway.
11:37What are you going to do for money for the rest of the week?
11:39God knows.
11:42If I tell you something, will you promise not to hold it against me?
11:46All right.
11:46What?
11:48Well, you can't draw money out of your own account because David will know, right?
11:53Right.
11:55Well, it has been known for people in dire straits, very dire straits, to debit the suspense account
12:02and credit their own account.
12:05Who are these people?
12:08Oh, please yourself.
12:10You're the one with the balance of payments crisis.
12:12That is dishonest.
12:13Yeah, it's practical too.
12:14If I got caught, I would get the sack.
12:18I thought you wanted to leave.
12:22You should be using up everything in your house first.
12:25Then the experiment will fail the first day.
12:27Then it would be my fault.
12:29Well, it's your fault now.
12:31I mean, you're the one who won't go to work.
12:33You're not even looking for work.
12:35Of course I am.
12:36I only looked for some just this morning.
12:38I even applied for it too.
12:40Oh?
12:41What was it?
12:43I forget.
12:46Director of Transport for the local council.
12:49Well, don't laugh.
12:51And, um, what particular qualifications do you have for this job?
12:56Never mind.
12:57I can't be worse than the clown that's doing it now.
12:59I was at school with him.
13:00He didn't pass his driving test till he was 37.
13:05Right.
13:05Is that it?
13:06We've got one too many.
13:07Yes, um, that's mine.
13:09What?
13:09You've always got to starve, do you?
13:10You've eaten all the bacon.
13:12No.
13:13I just don't want it to be my fault when this experiment fails.
13:16I want Belinda to run out of money first.
13:19Then she'll see the reality of the situation.
13:22Got it?
13:27Look, it's no good.
13:28I can't do it.
13:29God, my head will burst.
13:31You're mad?
13:31It's the only way out.
13:33I mean, if you weren't at Cadbury's, you'd nicked the odd chocolate biscuit.
13:36Look, that would only make me fat.
13:38I could stand being fat.
13:40Okay.
13:41How much do you need to borrow?
13:42A hundred?
13:43I don't know anybody with a hundred pounds.
13:46I'll end it.
13:46And where will you get it from?
13:48Oh, my God.
13:49No, Jessica, no.
13:50Would you please knock before you come into this office?
13:53Why?
13:53We might have been naked.
13:56There's no need to be nasty, even if you are a woman.
13:58Oh.
14:00What are you doing?
14:03Nothing that need concern you.
14:05Oh.
14:05Secrets.
14:07What's the trouble with letting women work together?
14:09They're always muttering together in corners.
14:12When I am the manager here, I shall ban all muttering in corners.
14:17Is there something I can help you with, Ned?
14:20You know you'll have to pay your mortgage back, don't you, when you leave.
14:24That will be all.
14:25You won't be missed here, you know.
14:27Nobody likes women bank managers.
14:28Well, I don't for a start.
14:29You don't like any women.
14:31Well, of course I don't.
14:32I'm a man, aren't I?
14:34Women are only good for one thing.
14:35Cooking.
14:36Exactly.
14:39Oh, no, Jessica, come back.
14:42Budgeting is just a matter of cutting down.
14:45Now, look at that.
14:47How much do you think that lot cost?
14:49I fill a cart once a month and write a check out.
14:52I know how much a cart full costs.
14:53I have no idea how much a plate full costs.
14:56Whole meal, less than ten bob old money.
14:58I'm a genius.
14:59We'll save money and we'll lose weight.
15:02She can't survive on two sardines and half an egg.
15:05Exactly.
15:08Mr Ricketts from head office is here to see you.
15:12Ricketts?
15:13From personnel.
15:14Ricketts from personnel in person.
15:16Hello, Mrs Braithwaite.
15:17How are you?
15:18Fine.
15:20Thank you, Jessica.
15:21Mr Ricketts.
15:23Thank you, Ned.
15:24All right, Mr Ricketts.
15:26Any important questions, Mr Ricketts, I'll be just outside.
15:31You look surprised.
15:32Oh, yes, I am.
15:34You surely don't think we'd let one of our best managers go without finding out why, do you?
15:39I hadn't thought about it really.
15:41Thought about leaving or thought about the bank's reaction to it?
15:45Well...
15:47Why are you leaving, Mrs Braithwaite?
15:50Well, it's quite complicated really.
15:53I don't know quite how to explain it.
15:55Well, why don't you have a try?
15:58I mean, you do know why you want to leave, don't you?
16:01Assuming that you really do want to leave, and it's not just a passing fancy.
16:15Hello.
16:16I went to see the debt counsellor.
16:18Oh, did it help?
16:19She told me what I already knew.
16:21I spend more than I get.
16:22It's pretty straightforward.
16:24Hey, look, come in.
16:25Oh, no, no, no.
16:25I don't want to bother you.
16:26You've been very kind already.
16:27It's no bother.
16:28Come in.
16:29Sit down.
16:36So?
16:37I don't have anyone to talk to.
16:39I can't talk to the kids.
16:41They're not old enough.
16:42Why haven't you got any family?
16:44My mum lives in Norwich.
16:45I used to talk to her every day, but...
16:48The phone's been cut off, hasn't it?
16:51It was a business phone.
16:53His firm paid for it for a while, but now he's living somewhere else.
16:57I've got to sell the house and move to a little one.
16:59I don't mind that.
17:03Well, why don't you go and stay with your mother?
17:05She'd have you for a few days, wouldn't she?
17:07You can phone from here if you like.
17:10I would, only my gyro doesn't come till the end of the weekend.
17:15How much is the train fare?
17:16Oh, no, no, no.
17:16I didn't come in here begging.
17:18I couldn't.
17:18I just wanted to talk.
17:20Yes, yes, I know.
17:22How much?
17:24Well, that's it.
17:25I want to leave.
17:27I mean, I can leave if I want to, can't I?
17:30You haven't persuaded me that you want to yet.
17:33Well, all I have to do is persuade myself, Mr Rickardson.
17:36I've already done that.
17:37What does your husband think about all this?
17:40Oh, he's right behind me all the way.
17:42He's not bringing any pressure on you, is he?
17:45Well, not pressure as such, no.
17:48He doesn't feel threatened by your success, by your career?
17:51No.
17:54I haven't met him, have I?
17:56I don't think so.
17:57No, no.
17:58I'd like to.
18:00Very much.
18:01Of course.
18:04Well, I mean, we don't live very far away.
18:06I could give him a ring.
18:07He's not at work then today?
18:10No, no.
18:12I would invite you both over for dinner, but I'm staying at the Albion.
18:16The food's terrible.
18:19Well, why not come and have something with us?
18:22How very kind.
18:25Kill two birds with one stone.
18:27Any time in particular?
18:28Well, 8.30.
18:30Thank you. I'll see myself out.
18:32The address?
18:34I know where you live, Mrs Brexwick.
18:37See you later.
18:39How did it go?
18:41He invited himself to dinner, damn it.
18:44Oh, they all do that, didn't you know?
18:46What?
18:46I want to make sure everything's hunky-dory with the old finances.
18:50Make sure you're not going to do a runner with what's left in the suspense account.
18:57Oh, hello, David.
18:58Look, the experiment's off.
18:59Get the food back from Louise as quick as she...
19:01Look, please, just...
19:02Look, just start making a mega-superb dinner for three.
19:06Don't argue!
19:07What do you mean you can't get it back?
19:09It's our food. Just tell her.
19:11She's out. She's gone out.
19:13Well, where's she gone?
19:14Oh, you and your bright ideas.
19:17Out, and it was your bright idea.
19:19Hello, Belinda.
19:21How's the economy drive going?
19:23Oh, Louise.
19:24You've had your hair done.
19:25How should you pay for that?
19:27Is there anything you don't tell this woman?
19:29Quite a lot, actually.
19:31Now, listen, Lou.
19:32You remember I told you no matter what I came up with,
19:34you were not lending me any money or giving me my credit cards or checkbooks back?
19:37Yeah.
19:37Don't tell me she's got the checkbook as well.
19:39Well, I haven't looked at the stubs or anything.
19:41Well, I did see one at the front.
19:45Did that dress really cost that much, Belinda?
19:48Sorry.
19:49Listen, Lou.
19:49All bets are off.
19:50We want our food, our money and our assets back.
19:53Pronto.
19:53But you said no matter what I mustn't do that.
19:55You said.
19:56He did.
19:57I know he did, Louise.
19:58But, look, an emergency has arisen which was unforeseen.
20:02Oh, dear.
20:03We will torture you if we have to.
20:05Yes.
20:06And I know all your weak spots, Louise.
20:08Remember that.
20:09Well, Louise and I often have long and involved conversations.
20:12Yes.
20:13Actually, Louise, all jerking apart,
20:15I have got a very important dinner guest coming tonight
20:18and David and I have suspended our economy week just for today.
20:22So, if you wouldn't mind.
20:24Oh, dear.
20:25Now, this is serious, Lou.
20:26We want our stuff back now.
20:28I've given it all to Desmond.
20:30What?
20:30What?
20:31Well, look, I can't resist David when he gives you that soulful look.
20:34And I'm on your side, Belinda.
20:36And I knew that as soon as your back was turned,
20:39he'd be round for a bacon sandwich like this morning.
20:40Oh, thanks a lot, Lou.
20:43So, I locked everything up and gave the keys to Desmond.
20:45Well, where is Desmond right at this minute?
20:48He's fun running for charity.
20:49Where?
20:49In Aylesbury.
20:51Aylesbury.
20:52Well, I mean, we've got three hours.
20:55We can make it to Aylesbury and back easily.
20:58We can't make it to Aylesbury easily.
21:00I sort of gave Louise the car keys, too.
21:03Well, we'll use Louise's car.
21:06Desmond's got mine.
21:07His is being serviced.
21:07Look, just a minute, just a minute.
21:10Just let me recap.
21:10We have got no money, no checkbook, no check cards, no means of transport.
21:17Well, Louise, have you got any money?
21:20No.
21:21You've got a credit card, though, haven't you?
21:22Yes, but I'm over the limit.
21:23I got a nasty letter last week.
21:27Right.
21:27That's it, Louise.
21:28Strip.
21:30What?
21:31We've got to get some money somewhere.
21:33We'll pawn your clothes.
21:34It's all right.
21:34You can get them back tomorrow.
21:35I'll freeze.
21:37I can't.
21:37Well, we'll lend you a blanket.
21:39I can't.
21:41My suntan's faded.
21:42Come on, Louise.
21:43Now get them off.
21:43No.
21:44Louise.
21:45Don't be rotten.
21:45Come on, come on.
21:47I thought you were a friend of ours.
21:50You know, if you're not careful, that woman will move.
21:54And then who will you have to drink coffee with?
21:56Never mind about that.
21:57What are we going to do about money?
21:59How much have you got left?
22:02Well, I mean, I had to put all mine in a leaving present.
22:07So, well, I had to resort to desperate measures.
22:11Luckily, I was desperate.
22:12What did you do?
22:14What do you think I did?
22:15I did what any sensible woman bank manager would do.
22:19What?
22:19I sold my body in shop doorways.
22:23How much did you make?
22:27Fifty pounds and fifty pence, actually.
22:31What rotten burger gave you fifty pence?
22:33They all did.
22:37Come on, where did you get it?
22:39Jessica took it out of the suspense account.
22:42Well, that's against the rules, isn't it?
22:45Look, I had to.
22:46I mean, we had to have a leaving present for old what's-his-name.
22:49And your bank managers have got to put twenty pounds in.
22:52Not the bank's rules, our rules.
22:55You cheated.
22:58Well, just call it a bacon sandwich, okay?
23:05That was very good, Belinda.
23:07Very good indeed.
23:08You're a lucky man, David.
23:10Pretty, hard-working, good cook.
23:13Ah, he's not that pretty.
23:15I was talking about you.
23:17Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were talking about the cook.
23:19Well, I was.
23:20Well, David does all the cooking.
23:22It's sort of a hobby.
23:26So, we really don't want to lose you, Belinda.
23:29That's exactly what I said to her.
23:31They really won't want to lose you, Belinda.
23:33You've got lots of managers.
23:35You've got loads of young managers coming up.
23:37I thought you would have been glad of the natural wastage.
23:40That's what they call it when somebody leaves without being sacked.
23:43Without being sacked or dying, actually.
23:46Dying is natural wastage, too.
23:49I'll never be able to look at funerals in the same way again.
23:52You see, Belinda, people like you are important to the bank.
23:56I'm not quite sure that I understand the phrase, people like me.
23:59We haven't got many women managers.
24:02Banking's always represented as a male-dominated profession.
24:05Which it is.
24:06And which is why we'd be very sorry to lose one of our token...
24:12Sorry.
24:13Slip of the tongue.
24:14Slip of the prejudice, more like, Mr Ricketts.
24:17Call me Barrington.
24:18I thought your name was Ricketts.
24:20Barrington Ricketts.
24:21Oh.
24:22Where was I?
24:24Well, Barrington, you were saying that, er...
24:27You'd be very sad to lose one of your token women bank managers.
24:31I put that very badly, didn't I?
24:34I think you put it very clearly.
24:36May I be blunt?
24:38Feel free.
24:39I have to ask this question.
24:42Are you going to take up a position with a rival institution?
24:47I am going to...
24:50Rejoin the institution.
24:51I should never have left.
24:53I am going to become a married woman again.
24:58I see.
25:01I'm sorry.
25:02I should have realised at once.
25:03I've seen it before.
25:04Seen it before?
25:06Of course.
25:07A woman of a certain age.
25:09There's no need to leave.
25:12I'm sorry.
25:13I don't understand.
25:14Neither do I.
25:15But you could have very generous leave.
25:18I don't want leave.
25:19I want...
25:19I want to leave.
25:20I understand.
25:21You're afraid the rigours of bringing up a child will stop you doing your work properly.
25:25Bringing up a child...
25:27You're not, are you?
25:28No!
25:30No, I'm not!
25:31Have I dropped a clangor?
25:32You're not...
25:33Broody?
25:35No, I'm not.
25:36I...
25:37I just want to leave the bank.
25:41I see.
25:45Right.
25:47Well...
25:48If you'll just let me have your keys, then I'll be on my way.
25:53What do you want my keys for?
25:57If I really can't persuade you not to leave, and if you persist in not giving me a believable reason
26:03for giving up a very promising career, then I have to assume there might be something amiss with your running
26:08of the branch.
26:10And I would therefore like to check things out.
26:13You see my position.
26:16Would you like another drink?
26:22Well, I think you handled that really well.
26:25I'm still leaving.
26:27Of course.
26:28But preferably when I'm not in hot to the suspense account.
26:31Absolutely.
26:32It'll be bad enough managing on zero pence per week, let alone having to visit Holloway every Sunday.
26:39You think he swallowed the change of heart?
26:41Yes.
26:42Around about the time he swallowed the last of Mr. Rowe's house white.
26:47He knew, of course.
26:49Knew what?
26:49He knew that I'd withdraw my notice.
26:52I mean, no bank is ever Simon Pure all of the time.
26:54Anybody can get it right with four weeks to do it in, but spot checks.
26:58Well, it was your own fault anyway.
27:01Yes, dear.
27:03If you hadn't insisted on this ridiculous economy week, none of this would have happened.
27:07And you didn't take into account incidental extras.
27:10You were careless.
27:13What did you do with your 20 pounds?
27:16I gave it to...
27:18What?
27:19Well, I know it's gone because I looked in your wallet while you were cleaning your teeth.
27:23You looked in my wallet?
27:25Where's your 20 pounds?
27:26Mind your own business.
27:27I can't believe you actually looked in my wallet.
27:31I was having a bit of trouble with a married woman.
27:33I gave her the money to leave town.
27:36I did!
27:39Go away, Louise.
27:41Who else is so bored in bed at midnight that they make telephone calls?
27:45It had to be you.
27:47I'll give it to you tomorrow.
27:49Go away!
27:52What are you going to give Louise tomorrow?
27:56Seventeen pounds.
27:57I sponsored Desmond in the fun run.
28:00That isn't funny.
28:01We can't afford to pay the phone bill.
28:03Oh, it's all right.
28:04Nobody wants to talk to poor people anyway.
28:08What?
28:10Your face was a picture when he thought you were pregnant.
28:15You looked as if you'd swallowed a sprout.
28:17I felt like it.
28:18You used to massacre sprouts when you were in pod.
28:21Do you remember?
28:24You don't, do you?
28:27What, want another baby?
28:29Hmm.
28:30That would defeat the whole object of the exercise, wouldn't it?
28:33Hmm.
28:34That won't work.
28:37Am I arguing?
28:41Is there anything you want to do before we go to sleep?
28:47I don't think so, thank you.
28:50All right, darling.
28:52Good night.
28:54Good night.
28:59Oh!
29:00Stop it!
29:03Good night.
29:06Good night.
29:10Good night.
29:13Good night.
29:20Good night.
29:23Good night.
29:26Good night.
29:32You're gonna suffer, I Chong?å…¬
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